2015 January

Our news stories help keep you up-to-date with information about funding opportunities and new programs, innovative projects we have funded, and the impacts these projects have made in agri-food communities across B.C.

Three years and three projects after first connecting with IAF, Abbotsford-based Vitalus Nutrition has successfully developed and commercialized two new product …

Three years and three projects after first connecting with IAF, Abbotsford-based Vitalus Nutrition has successfully developed and commercialized two new product lines under the Canada-BC Agri-Innovation Program! Vitalus makes specialty dairy proteins, primarily milk protein used as ingredients in…

The completion of an agricultural area plan by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) could be the beginning of an …

The completion of an agricultural area plan by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) could be the beginning of an agricultural revival in the region. The main impetus for the plan stems from a regional sustainability plan approved…

“Our customers wanted better options for dealing with poultry offal,” says Alex Berland of Passmore Pluckers, a small provincially-licensed poultry abattoir in the West Kootenays. With funding through IAF’s Small Projects Program, the company was able to test…

In the world of supply and demand, it makes good business sense to know what your customers want. That’s why …

In the world of supply and demand, it makes good business sense to know what your customers want. That’s why BC’s food processors recently completed a survey to help their industry understand the changing needs of grocery retailers.…

Since 2010, Community Futures along the BC Highway 16 corridor has been working to support agricultural growth by building community …

Since 2010, Community Futures along the BC Highway 16 corridor has been working to support agricultural growth by building community and providing professional development for farmers in the region through the Beyond the Market program. Their most recent…

After a 2009 Supreme Court decision granted five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations the right to fish commercially within their territories, the …

After a 2009 Supreme Court decision granted five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations the right to fish commercially within their territories, the Nations collectively launched a gooseneck barnacle fishery in Clayoquot Sound … but there were a few things missing…

It wasn’t easy setting a date to catch up with Dionne Laslo-Baker – since the launch of her company’s export …

It wasn’t easy setting a date to catch up with Dionne Laslo-Baker – since the launch of her company’s export initiative, the owner of DeeBee’s SpecialTea Foods has embarked on a whirlwind circuit of promotions to grow the…